Developing SAML applications

CICS® supports Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML). You can develop CICS applications to process SAML tokens.

Stabilized feature: Support for SAML using the CICS Security Token Service is stabilized. See also Stabilization notices and discontinued functions.

6.3 Support for SAML using the CICS Security Token Service is removed as of CICS TS 6.3.

6.2 If this function is used, the CICS_STABILIZED_FUNCTIONS health check issues message DFHH0955.

For example, you can write programs to:
  • Extract a SAML token from an incoming message.
  • Place a SAML token in an outbound request.
  • Add attributes to a SAML token and re-sign the token.
  • Create a SAML token.

For an overview of CICS support for SAML, see How it works: SAML.